An international digital detective story that began in Sweden when authorities spotted writing on an envelope in the background of a child pornography video quickly led investigators to the Poconos and ended at a Dingmans Ferry home.

Michael Bonsignore, 44, of Dingmans Ferry, Pike County, who was arrested April 21, when he stepped off an airplane in Philadelphia as he returned from vacation in Jamaica, was indicted Tuesday in federal court on child pornography charges. Investigators believe the videos were made and uploaded to the Internet from his home.

In one of the scenes, according to the affidavit of probable cause, investigators saw the return address on the envelope: County of Pike, Domestic Relations Office, Milford, Pa. It was contained in one of the film clips of underage girls - one wearing a Superman costume, the other a Winnie the Pooh sweatshirt - who were having sex with a man wearing New York Yankees pajama pants.

The man in the New York Yankees pajamas was later identified by investigators as Mr. Bonsignore. The Times-Tribune does not identify the victims of alleged sexual crimes.

The investigation that started with the Swedish National Police was referred to a series of agencies, from the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Center of the United Kingdom to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

It eventually landed in the hands of Trooper Brian Murphy with a Pennsylvania State Police computer crimes task force, as well as other criminal investigators, and the Northeast Pennsylvania Computer Crimes Unit.

As part of the investigation, the troopers took a trip to Pike County Children and Youth Services, where they met Donna Jasinski, a caseworker who was asked to look at a printout from the pornographic video. She immediately recognized the children and the furniture in some of the scenes because she had been working with the family since 2008, Trooper Murphy said in court papers.

That led investigators to Mr. Bonsignore's home. With a search warrant in hand, investigators searched the home and seized his computer. A forensic examination of Mr. Bonsignore's computer revealed other images of alleged child pornography.

Mr. Bonsignore, who was charged with production, distribution, receipt and possession of child pornography, was ordered held without bail by U.S. Magistrate Judge Malachy E. Mannion until he stands trial.

A trial date has not been set. If convicted, Mr. Bonsignore faces a minimum sentence of 15 years and a maximum of life in prison.

Contact the writer: jmcdonald@timesshamrock.com

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